1. The Cougar By:Meghan Easterly, Shelly Schuelke, Mason Foytik

2. Description • Cougars are also called puma, mountain lion, panther, catamount, American lion, deer tiger, brown tiger, and night screamer. In its common name, mountain lion, mountain- refers to the general habitat the animal occupies.

3. Habitat • The cougar's range has decreased since European settlement, but is still the most extensive of any terrestrial mammal in the western hemisphere. • This large predator is now common only in the west.

4. Why is the cougar endangered? • The cougar is endangered because there are less cougar’s in the world than there were thousands of years ago. • Hunting and the destruction of habitat and food source cause the decline of numbers

5. Government organizations are practicing a breeding and release program What is being done to help the cougar?

7. Resources • http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=57&lang=e • http://endangered.fws.gov/i/a48.html • http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/mcougar.htm • http://www.wildliferehabsanctuary.org/puma-cougar.htm • http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/endang/